Peter Laviolette’s curious Rangers practice decision never would’ve happened back in the day

Source: New York Post

Access the Rangers beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting member-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers. tRY IT NOW LOS ANGELES — The universal outrage over the Rangers’ lax effort in last Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat to the Flames at the Garden was compounded the following day when head coach Peter Laviolette called for an optional practice. This was interpreted far and wide as a look into the team’s and coaching staff’s souls, and evidence that Laviolette had gone soft on a team that had become soft.